30 Movies That Turned 30 This Year

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As 2017 rolled on, many films turned three decades old. In case you have forgotten, Dirty Dancing, Lethal Weapon, Spaceballs, and Fatal Attraction all came out in 1987 — and that's just the beginning! Take a look at all the films that celebrated 30-year anniversaries, and get ready to feel old.

01

The Witches of Eastwick

Based on a John Updike novel, it follows three single women (Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer), who acquire magical powers after losing their husbands.

02

The Princess Bride

The epic love story has it all: romance, adventure, R.O.U.S.s, and tons of quotable lines.

03

Lethal Weapon

Starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, the action film follows two cops who must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

04

Predator

One of the greatest action sci-fi movies of all time. An American commando team in Central America fights guerrillas and deals with an invisible alien who's hunting humans.

05

Wall Street

The movie tells the story of young stockbroker (Charlie Sheen) who teams up with a greedy corporate raider (Michael Douglas) to trade illegal inside information.

06

Moonstruck

Loretta Castorini (Cher) plays a bookkeeper from New York who ends up falling in love with the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

07

Overboard

Real-life couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are comedic gold as costars. The film tells a tale of a spoiled heiress who screws over a hired carpenter and later ends up getting kidnapped by him and made to think she's his wife after she loses her memory from falling overboard from a yacht.

08

La Bamba

A biographical film that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens.

09

Broadcast News

The film follows three characters who work in television news. Naturally, sparks fly when you put them all in the same room.

10

Adventures in Babysitting

A babysitter is tasked with keeping three kids safe while battling dangerous criminals and gangs throughout the city.

11

Raising Arizona

Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a local cop, falls in love with an ex-convict and wants nothing more than to have his baby, even if it means stealing one.

12

Harry and the Hendersons

The Henderson family adopts a Sasquatch, but struggles to keep the legend of Bigfoot a secret.

13

Mannequin

Starring Andrew McCarthy and a pre-Sex and the City Kim Cattrall, the film follows a young artist who makes a mannequin that he ends up falling in love with.

14

Some Kind of Wonderful

Keith (Eric Stoltz) sees his best friend Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson) as just another one of the guys, but when a kiss between them generates sparks, it's not long before he realizes he has feelings for her.

15

Can't Buy Me Love

A romantic comedy starring a young Patrick Dempsey who pays a popular girl to be his girlfriend. Spoiler alert: It ends pretty well for him.

16

Fatal Attraction

A married man's weekend affair takes a turn for the worse in the erotic thriller.

17

Robocop

Before the 2014 film with Joel Kinnaman, Peter Weller first starred as the police-officer-turned-robot in 1987.

18

Baby Boom

J.C. Wiatt's (Diane Keaton) life gets turned upside down when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

19

Blind Date

Bruce Willis takes on his first leading role in the romantic comedy about a man who allows his brother to set him up on a blind date with his wife's cousin (Kim Basinger).

20

Dragnet

Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks join forces to solve a mystery in this classic comedy.

21

Eddie Murphy Raw

Murphy brings on the laughs in his famous stand-up special.

22

Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kubrick's classic (and horrifying) Vietnam War film stars Vincent D'Onofrio and Matthew Modine and probably gave you nightmares.

23

Good Morning, Vietnam

Robin Williams starred in the story of real-life wartime radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. The memorable role earned him a Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe!

24

The Lost Boys

Two brothers move to a beach town in California and quickly discover that it's swarming with teenage vampires. This may or may not be Kiefer Sutherland's greatest role of all time.

25

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the comedy follows a man who travels home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious salesman.

26

The Secret of My Success

Brantley Foster (Michael J. Fox), a recent Kansas State University graduate, moves to New York City to pursue a new finance job. The only problem is he gets laid off before he even begins.

27

Spaceballs

A wacky parody of the space-set movies of the '70s and '80s.

28

Three Men and a Baby

A story of three New York City bachelors who find their dating and mating rituals interrupted when a baby shows up on their doorstep.

29

Throw Momma From the Train

An ex-husband and a momma's boy both want their former spouse and mother dead, but who will actually pull it off?

30

Dirty Dancing

The classic, which is being remade, is best known for its quotable lines, an awesome soundtrack, and some out-of-control dance scenes.

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